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Israel’s Kaiima Seed-Tech Company Raises $65 Million

Since the Sixties “green revolution,” when Norman Borlaug introduced the concept of cross-breeding and hybridization of plants to boost output, not much has changed, according...

BrightSource Builds 121MW Ashalim Solar Thermal Plant in Israel

For business travelers and the curious who are coming to Israel, BrightSource has a pilot six-megawatt project in operation in the Rotem Industrial Park built...

GreenIQ Waters Your Garden by Phone

Smart phone developers aren’t just devising novel ways to deliver information about composting and how to save energy (like 5 green apps that can save the...

Polluted Air Cancerous and Deadly, Like Asbestos says UN

It doesn’t take a genius or a position paper to figure out that air pollution in cities and near industrial zones is toxic to human...

Vegan Friendly Goes Mainstream in Tel Aviv- Jaffa

Eating vegan only has become so popular in Tel Aviv that a new NGO called Vegan Friendly are handing out certificates to restaurants who offer...

Kuwaiti Gaydar Test to Ban Gays Entry to Arab Countries?

Yousouf Mindkar, director of public health at the Kuwaiti health ministry, said that the routine clinical screening of expatriates coming into the GCC will include...

Damien Hirst’s Birth Sculptures Challenges Doha’s Sense of “Science”

It’s something we can’t avoid as human beings: we begin as naked embryos that go through stages of gestation. We emerge naked, until clothed. Facebook...

Marijuana eases Multiple Sclerosis symptoms Israeli cannabis researchers find

Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory disease in which the immune system attacks the nervous system. The result can be a wide range of debilitating motor,...

Lebanon’s Toxic Sea-side Sidon Dump Gets Eco Makeover

Not that long ago, the city of Sidon (or Saida) in Lebanon moved its trash to the local Sidon dump, where the toxic landfill and...

Oceans Spiralling Downward, Threatening Life on Earth

This is not an Orson Welles-esque prank, but real and scary: An international panel of marine scientists is demanding urgent remedies to halt ocean degradation...
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